Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Exclusion Text
(USDA-10c-APHIS) Licensing and permitting. (i) Issuance of a license, permit, authorization, or approval to ship or field test previously unlicensed veterinary biologics, including veterinary biologics containing genetically engineered organisms (such as vector-based vaccines and nucleic acid-based vaccines); (ii) Issuance of a license, permit, authorization, or approval for movement or uses of pure cultures of organisms (relatively free of extraneous micro-organisms and extraneous material) that are not strains of quarantine concern and occur, or are likely to occur, in a State's environment; (iii) Permitting for confined field releases of genetically engineered organisms and products; or (iv) Permitting of: (A) Importation of nonindigenous species into containment facilities, (B) Interstate movement of nonindigenous species between containment facilities, or (C) Releases into a State's environment of pure cultures of organisms that are either native or are established introductions.
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